§ Mr. WATTasked the President of the Board of Trade when he expects to be in a position to make the appointments of those who are to act on the Wages Boards of the various trades under the Trade Boards Act?
Mr. BUXTONA Trade Board for "hammered and dollied or tommied chain-making" has been formed in accordance with the Regulations dated 25th November, 1909. The Board of Trade appointed the chairman and two appointed members for this Board, and the representative members were elected by the employers and workpeople concerned. Several meetings of this Trade Board have already been 518 held. The regulations for the paper box trade will shortly be laid on the Table of the House, and inquiries are in progress in the scheduled branches of the lace and tailoring trades.